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Das Lernen am Computer gelingt unterschiedlich gut. Die Beobachtungen aus einem Schulprojekt zeigen, dass offenbar den individuellen Prädispositionen der Lerner eine hohe Bedeutung zukommt. Es gibt im Blick auf mediengestütztes Lernen anscheinend ähnliche „Lernertypen“ wie beim „traditionellen Lernen“. Der Beitrag erzählt von zwei Lernerbiographien; für einen Schüler ist der Computer ein Hindernis, für eine andere Lernerin ist der Rechner eine Chance, insofern er „anonymen und bestärkende Einze…
In the face of accelerated structural change (“transformation society“) in-company further education can no longer just rely on familiar forms of learning and teaching. It must evolve into a form of guidance for personal development, by which managers are directed towards continuous introspection (“culture of reflection”). The author shows that such phenomena can be empirically shown to exist at this moment in time, and outlines in which way they can be seen as pedagogical communication, by way…
Tendencies towards individualization have led to a pluralization of situations, phases and styles of living. Disengagement with reference to course participants manifests itself in the diversification of the group of course participants as far as their life situation (vertical disengagement), life phase (temporal disengagement) and style of living (horizontal disengagement) are concerned. The concept of social milieus as an integrative approach can represent tendencies of liberation and can a…
For the author, "globalization" and "lifelong learning" are the epitome of disengagement in the economic and/or the pedagogic field. Using the genre of meditation, he develops the concept of disengagement - a shedding of limitations - by the example of disasters, markets, exacting demands in the context of learning, the power of the economy, the responsibilities for education. Reflecting on Comenius and Ralf Dahrendorf, the author tries to “bring the amok-running economism back to its senses” a…
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